| TESTY | Before the end of the day, the trial will make you irritable (5) |
| MEANSTEST | Implies trial will involve investigation of finances |
| BREATHTEST | Such a trial will be a blow for motorists (6,4) |
| TESTPILOT | His trials will be above our heads (4,5) |
| CROSS | The sort of words that could make you irritable! (5) |
| NAPPY | Baby gear to make you irritable (after September 1) (5) |
| RATTY | Tart splattered all over your head makes you irritable (5) |
| ROBOT | Gort, of "The Day the Earth Stood Still," for one |
| DAIRY | Where, during the day, the tax people get the cream? (5) |
| STOOD | The Day the Earth _ Still 2008 science fiction film starring Keanu Reeves as the alien Klaatu (5) |
| SATELLITE | Such TV coverage of the day the Spanish set fire to the heart of Barcelona (9) |
| STILL | Sci-fi remake with Keanu Reeves, The Day the Earth Stood ___ (5) |
| EARTH | Sci-fi remake starring Keanu Reeves, The Day the ___ Stood Still (5) |
| DELAY | During the day, the Spanish have an inactive period (5) |
| FRIED | The day the journalist was burned out (5) |
| BURKE | Television presenter whose credits include BBC series Connections, Tomorrow's World and The Day the Universe Changed (5) |
| JAMES | Television presenter whose credits include BBC series Connections, Tomorrow's World and The Day the Universe Changed (5) |
| KEANU | He played Klaatu in 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' (2008) |
| TETCHY | Your old clothes and other things make you irritable (6) |
| REEVES | Keanu of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" |
